At 2005-11-28 15:05 -0500, Adam Gibson wrote:
Mike Hearn wrote:
On Mon, 28 Nov 2005 12:11:09 -0500, Adam Gibson wrote:
Is it capable of loading 32bit native dlls?
Right ... I'm not sure a "native" amd64 build makes any sense, virtually
all Windows software is 32 bit. The regular RPMs should work fine.
The regular i686 RPMS work just fine for me on x86_64 FC4.
Assuming 64bit processors from Intel and AMD become the norm years from
now, I wonder if someone will find a solution that would allow wine(and
mplayer) compiled for x86_64 to load native 32bit dlls. It would be a
shame 5 years from now to need to keep around 32bit libraries just for
running wine :).
A genuine windows 64 bit application can't load 32 bit dlls. All the dlls
have to be recompiled to 64 bit. Also a genuine XP64 can't run 16 bit
applications. This doesn't really cause problems for the applications
themselves - most are now 32 bit. However, a lot of installers are still
built as 16 bit applications.
What are the prospects for 64 bit wine? Alternatively, what are the
prospects for 64 bit winelib? I have a 64 bit application that I would
dearly like to port to AIX/Solaris/Linux. Currently, I can't port the GUI.
Geoff Streeter
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